Students
Students are a large focus in the lab. We come from diverse backgrounds, and are working towards Master's degrees under the guidance of our faculty advisors. If you are interested in joining our lab, check out the Prospective Students page.
Students are a large focus in the lab. We come from diverse backgrounds, and are working towards Master's degrees under the guidance of our faculty advisors. If you are interested in joining our lab, check out the Prospective Students page.
Jamie Yin Graduate Student
I joined the Wilkerson/Dugdale lab in 2017 as part of the RIPTIDES trainee program. I am working with Dr Wilkerson to study how nutrient dynamics and light affect phytoplankton growth in the Northern San Francisco Estuary (SFE). My thesis research is focused on how phytoplankton in the estuary take up carbon and nitrogen under different light conditions. Phytoplankton abundances in the SFE have been low since the 1980s and are thought to be light limited. This project is advancing our knowledge of coastal ecosystems by addressing a fundamental ecological question that is rarely studied—how access to nutrients for primary producers in pelagic food webs may be limited by light availability.
Prior to graduate school I attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and graduated with a B.S. in Marine Biology in 2015. Since then I have worked as a research assistant in Antarctica studying zooplankton, as a field technician studying black and grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest, and built a database for the population trends of sharks and rays.
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I joined the Wilkerson/Dugdale lab in 2017 as part of the RIPTIDES trainee program. I am working with Dr Wilkerson to study how nutrient dynamics and light affect phytoplankton growth in the Northern San Francisco Estuary (SFE). My thesis research is focused on how phytoplankton in the estuary take up carbon and nitrogen under different light conditions. Phytoplankton abundances in the SFE have been low since the 1980s and are thought to be light limited. This project is advancing our knowledge of coastal ecosystems by addressing a fundamental ecological question that is rarely studied—how access to nutrients for primary producers in pelagic food webs may be limited by light availability.
Prior to graduate school I attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and graduated with a B.S. in Marine Biology in 2015. Since then I have worked as a research assistant in Antarctica studying zooplankton, as a field technician studying black and grizzly bears in the Great Bear Rainforest, and built a database for the population trends of sharks and rays.
[email protected]